Our Family Adventure: Puppy Pawty

Paige was in Puppy Paradise for her party this year!

She was so excited for her party and helped so much in the preparations for it. She kept saying that all of the guests on her lists were invited:) The morning of the party (at around 8:30am:), she said "I think I hear the first guest arriving" She was soooo excited!

Here are some pictures from the party. We had a lot of fun with the theme, and at some point, probably got a little carried away, but it was just too fun! :)

We set up little stations for the party for the kids to play at (many of the kids weren't quite old enough to do structured activities yet (pin the tail on the dog and such), so I thought it would be more fun to just play at their own pace.

1. The dog house station.

We had so much fun making this dog house. Adam and Paige made the dog house out of a cardboard box and us girls painted and decorated it. I think the kids liked this best. There was always at least one kid in there at all times and usually 2-3:) We through about 20 or so dog stuffed animals that Paige has out there along with bowls, play bones, etc.

Paige and I painting the house together before the party:)

The girls by the house

Paige & Travis inside:)

Cadee & Madie inside together:)

2. Puppy Project Table

We had paw print stampers, dog stickers, and materials out for all the kids to make puppy puppets.

They really seemed to enjoy this.

I love this picture of Cadee with her puppy puppet. Each one turned out so different!:)

Station 3: Puppy Play-Doh

Paige has a bunch of puppy play doh sets, molds, and cut outs so we set this all out and let the kids at it...Oh, and I guess my dad too:)

Station 4: Puppy Basketball

Well, really just the basketball hoop that is always in the yard, but Adam had a clever idea to print off this airbud picture to stick on the backboard - LOVE it!:)

We also set out a bucket of chalk near here that the kids played with a bit too.

Station 5: Sand Table

This was just our sand table, but we went and got a bunch of little plastic dogs that we buried in the sand and the kids liked digging and trying to find them:)

Station 6: Bubbles!!

Besides the dog house, this was the other big winner! For Paige's birthday we bought her one of those bubble machines that puts out like 5,000 bubbles in a minute. The kids loved this and we had a bunch of other bubble things set out to play with too:)

DECORATIONS

When the guests arrived they were greeted by a trail of pawprints up to the front door:)

I also embellished a wreath we had to go with the puppy theme for the door.

The "It's A Pawty" Banner was there right when they walked in the door, so that they would know what type of cornyness they were in for at this party;)

FOOD

Get it??....Dig In! (I thought is was clever:)

Menu:

Snacks & Appetizers: Pupcorn, Sticks (Pretzel Sticks), Cheese Balls, Corn dogs, & Scooby Snacks

Hot Dogs (Of course!)

Fruit Kibble (Fruit Salad)

Fresh Cut Grass (Cole Slaw)

Veggie Bits (Cut Veggies & Dip)

Mac N Cheese Dog Casserole

Dessert:

Pupcakes

Dog Food Bowls (Angel Food Cake with Coco Puffs inside ) - genius!

Birthday Bark (Get it? - bark!)

Puppy Cake

I made this cake!! :)

I am so happy with how it turned out:) I know it is nothing gourmet or anything, but I just love how it matches the puppy on her plates and it was soooo easy to make!

Here is the birthday girl blowing out her candles. She LOVED her cake.

At the end of the day I asked her what her favorite thing about her party was and she said "the pupcakes" :)

It was definitely a kid approved menu!:)

PUPPY ADOPTION

When it was time for all the kids to leave, they all got to adopt a puppy.

(I had such luck because Paige's school had a fundraiser for these pound puppies about a month before the party, so I was able to get these for a very low price and the money went towards her school!)